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| certain functions are located more in one hemisphere of the brain than in the other |
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| body weight more than 20% higher than the average |
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| linear processing; speaking, reading, thinking, reasoning, movement of hands/arms, facial expressions |
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| global processing; receive/analyze info, drawing/music, emotional expression, intuition, audital & visual input |
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| physical or psychological maltreatment or neglect of children |
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| (Piaget) ages 2-7, use of symbolic thinking grows, mental reasoning emerges,and use of concepts increases |
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| everyone sees the world as the child sees it (big mountain experiment: candy box with crayons) |
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| focuses on one aspect and ignores other parts |
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| understanding quantity is unrelated to appearance |
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| inanimate objects are alive |
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| child's confusion of cause and effect eventually gives way to use of reasoning |
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| zone of proximal development (ZPD) |
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| (Vygotsky) level at which a child can almost but not fully comprehend or perform a task without assistance |
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| (Erikson) period during which children ages 3-6 experience conflics between independence of action and the sometimes negative results of that action |
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| pshychosocial development |
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| changes in the understandings individuals have of themselves as members of society and understanding of others behaviors |
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| perception as oneself as male or female |
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| children play with similar toys but do not interact with each other |
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| two or more children interact by sharing toys, but they do not do the same thing |
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| children genuinely play with one another, taking turns, playing games & devising contests |
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| knowledge and beliefs about how the mind operates |
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| biological, psychoanalytic, social learning, and cognitive |
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| set limits but listen to the child and are flexible |
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| high behavioral standards, strict punishment of misconduct, little communication |
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| little discipline, guidance, or control, are nurturing and accepting |
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| neglectful/uninvolved style |
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| unaware of what thier children are doing and dont care what happens to them |
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